#B09CE2#B09CE2

#B09CE2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.102 H 297.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09CE2
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 226)
HSL	hsl(257, 55%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(257, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 31%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, 21.64, -32.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 39.25, 303.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% 0.046 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.102 297)
XYZ	xyz(43.5173, 38.4977, 77.0749)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09CE2 #CEE29C

analogous

#9CABE2 #B09CE2 #D39CE2

triadic

#B09CE2 #E2B09C #9CE2B0

tetradic

#B09CE2 #E29CAB #CEE29C #9CE2D3

square

#B09CE2 #E29CAB #CEE29C #9CE2D3

split-complementary

#B09CE2 #E2D39C #ABE29C

monochromatic

#643DC6 #8A6DD4 #B09CE2 #D6CBF0 #ECE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B09CE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#B09CE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09CE2

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09CE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09CE2	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA7E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA6E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09ce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.102 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b9eb',
    500: '#b09ce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09ce2;
$custom-light: #c8b9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09ce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 54.687,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73587,
    "c": 0.10151,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.38498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09CE2

secondary

#EAEFDC

accent

#C22395

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09CE2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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